History of the mobile phone

September 10, 2012

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Motorola showed off this hybrid satelite/GSM phone named "Iridium" at the 1998 Africa Telecom exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company touted the phone as being able to work anywhere in the world.

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Motorola showed off this hybrid satelite/GSM phone named "Iridium" at the 1998 Africa Telecom exhibition in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company touted the phone as being able to work anywhere in the world.